Recycling
The three R’s stand for.
What is Reduce Reuse Recycle?
The scientific name for ‘gum trees’.
What is Eucalyptus?
The meaning of an endangered species.
What is a species that is close to Extinction?
The date when Australia is meant to reach net zero.
What is 2050?
The percent of Australians that compost garden waste.
What is 35%?
A material that isn’t recyclable.
(Nylon, Ceramics, Soft plastic)
What is Ceramics?
Australia’s floral emblem. (hint: It's one of our school houses)
What is a Golden Wattle?
The meaning of an animal to be Extinct in the wild.
What is no organisms left of that species in the wild, however some are still kept within captivity? (eg. At a Zoo)
The dominant cause of climate change?
What is Greenhouse Gas emissions?
Australia's overall organic recycling rate in 2018.
What is 51%?
The most widely recycled material in the world.
What is Aluminium?
Two Australian animals appear on the Australian Coat of Arms.
What is an Emu and Kangaroo?
The highest conservation status that an animal can be before going extinct in the wild.
What is Critically Endangered?
The greenhouse effect.
What is the Earth’s atmosphere trapping and absorbing heat?
The amount of jobs that would open up if Australia's organic waste was diverted from landfill.
What is 2000+?
The country that recycles the most percentage wise.
(Singapore, Japan, Germany)
What is Germany?
An Australian animal that sleeps for 18 hours a day.
What is a Koala?
One of these Native Australian species is critically endangered.
(Tasmania Devils, Bilbies, Orange Bellied Parrots)
What are Orange Bellied Parrots?
A group formed in 1988 to assess evidence on climate change.
What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?
The percent of Australia's total emissions produced by inadequate recycling of organic waste.
What is 3%?
The percentage of waste recycled.
What is 30-39%?
A bird not native to Australia.
(Swift Parrots, Golden Eagle, Rainbow Lorikeets)
What is a Golden Eagle?
The amount of native species that are threatened and at risk of extinction.
What is 1,700+?
The study of changes in climate throughout Earth’s History.
What is Paleoclimatology?
The amount of waste that Australia processes in the organic recycling industry.
What is 7.5 million tons?